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From the OPSI blog:

Missions: 21st Century Drivers of Innovation?

This post is authored by Rainer Kattel, Professor of Innovation and Public Governance and Deputy

Steps, leaps and bounds: Reflecting on the OPSI 2018 conference

The OPSI conference coheres the global innovation community The time came again to gather

Crafting an innovation profession for government

This blog was authored by Dr. Christian Bason, CEO of the Danish Design Centre

New Report – The Innovation System of the Public Service of Canada

Innovation Declaration

Multi-faceted innovation requires diverse strategies Governments today face all kinds of challenges that often

Public Sector Innovation Facets

A diamond shape made up of four smaller diamonds. The point of the diamond on the left points towards the words certainty and exploiting/incremental. The point of the diamond on the right points towards the words Uncertainty and exploring/radical. The point of the diamond at the top points to the words Directed and shaping/top-down. The point of the diamond at the bottom points to the words Undirected and responding/bottom-up. The four smaller diamonds are all labelled. the one on the left being 'Enhancement-oriented innovation', the one at the bottom 'Adaptive innovation', the one at the top 'Mission-oriented innovation', the one on the right 'Anticipatory innovation'. The four smaller diamond shapes are separate from each other by an X shape. In the words between each of the diamonds, are descriptions. Between Enhancment-oriented innovation and mission-oriented innovation there is 'sustaining change', between mission-oriented innovation and anticipatory innovation there is 'transformative change', between anticipatory innovation and adaptive innovation there is 'disruptive change', and between adaptive innovation and enhancement-oriented innovation there is optimising change.

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) sees public sector innovation as a 'many-splendoured'

Country Studies

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) undertakes country studies in order to help

Innovation Lifecycle

The innovation lifecycle is an attempt to understand the different stages of the public

Toolkit Navigator

What is the OPSI Toolkit Navigator? Toolkits are a great way to share innovative

Innovation Skills

Exploring and Developing Public Sector Innovation Skills To reform the public sector so that

Innovation Trends

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría with OECD & MBRCGI staff after

Innovative Cities

Cities are fascinating loci of many ‘purpose-driven’ initiatives, often including many actors from multiple